Gangster's father killed, four others injured in East Kingston 9:19 AM
Unidentified pedestrian killed along Old Harbour Road 8:19 AM
Police find homemade firearm in Papine 7:46 AM
Two-day curfew in Olympic Gardens 7:41 AM
Blake to miss National Trials
Two injured in Melrose Hill crash 6:50 PM
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Mandeville Regional Hospital targets Type A status
Monday, June 17, 2013
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — South Central Jamaica's long-standing dream of its own Type A hospital has come closer to reality with the recent formal opening of the renovated Block J at the Mandeville Regional Hospital. The National Health Fund (NHF) provided just over $135 million for the work on the building -- long ...more
Farmers making the best of dasheen in Braes River
Monday, June 17, 2013
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — In the marshlands and along the waterways of Braes River in North East St Elizabeth, some small farmers are making a good living producing dasheen for the domestic and export market.
Keith Facey, who has been planti ...more
Best of St Bess!
Monday, June 17, 2013
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth — Black Star FC was crowned champions of the St Elizabeth Football Association Wray & Nephew Major League after completing an 8-3 aggregate victory over Newell FC .
Black Star actually lost the second leg of the tw ...more
Reward for St Elizabeth cricket
Monday, June 17, 2013
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - The decision to host the 2013 West Indies Under-15 cricket tournament in St Elizabeth, July 11-26, is being hailed as recognition of the strength of the game in this part of the island.
"Cricket is part of St Elizabeth," s ...more
Esther Lyle makes a difference at Sunshine Auto Parts Mandeville
Monday, June 17, 2013
Mandeville, Manchester- An agriculturist and environmentalist by training, 28 year -old Esther Lyle's passion for her areas of study can easily be spotted.
However, when a door of opportunity opened to work as Human Resource and Marketing Manager at ...more
Playing with numbers!
Monday, June 17, 2013
CHRISTIANA, Manchester — When fifth and sixth graders Breanna Evans and Khalil Tracey — reigning 'Miss Numbers' and 'Mr Geometry' — walked away with the top prizes in the school's Numeracy Pageant recently, they were breaking fresh ...more
Police await forensic results of 'haunted house' fire
Friday, June 14, 2013
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The Junction police are awaiting forensic analysis to assist in determining the cause of a fire, which destroyed a so-called 'haunted house' in Rose Hall, South-east St Elizabeth, last Thursday.
Inspector Joseph Cain ...more
Two women die in crash
Sunday, June 09, 2013
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Two women died when the vehicle in which they were passengers overturned in Bogue, North East St Elizabeth around 3:00 am Saturday, police said. The Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) identified the dead as Pamela Ma ...more
Sibling's murder underlines poor anger management, says pastor
Friday, June 07, 2013
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The death of a 19-year-old woman, allegedly at the hands of her 17-year-old sister, has again brought to the fore problems of poor anger management and domestic violence among Jamaicans.
Pastor Michael Harvey, who head ...more
Mysterious fire razes St Elizabeth 'haunted house'
Thursday, June 06, 2013
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — After weeks of mysterious burnings and reports of people being hit with stones thrown by "invisible" hands, a pur-ported "haunted house" was destroyed by fire at Rose Hall district, in south east St Elizabeth yesterd ...more
One step closer
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The private voluntary organisation Projects Abroad Jamaica has moved a step closer to building an HIV/AIDS facility in Manchester.
Country Director Dr Bridgette Barrett says that, after lengthy negotiations, a lease ag ...more
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